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gort · Aug 2, 2013

Here's a pic of the ML I picked up last week.

GreenFrog · Aug 2, 2013

NOOOOOOO!

YOU'VE BEEN PIOB'D!

but seriously, congrats

UnFacconable · Aug 2, 2013

Just saw a Ferrari California on the street. Not the comeliest ferrari, but still a nice looking car.

gomestar · Aug 2, 2013

i thought the serial #'s for the Enzo went into the 450's. i forget where i heard this.

HRoi · Aug 2, 2013

UnFacconable said:
Just saw a Ferrari California on the street. Not the comeliest ferrari, but still a nice looking car.

Hertz rents those now, I just came back from Phoenix and the guy offered it to me for $1200 a day. I think that was a heavily discounted rate because my experience with Hertz is that they'll toss you all kinds of sweeteners to get you to upgrade rather than have the cars just sit there.

bawlin · Aug 2, 2013

epb said:
Ferrari made 400 of the Enzo - 399 for sale, one for their museum. Last I read, about 30 had been wrecked but these are too valuable to ever write off.

They claim to have made 399 but general consensus amongst Ferraristi is that they made way more.

GreenFrog · Aug 2, 2013

I hate to ask, but I'm gonna go ahead and ask anyway:

For those of you who have driven an E60 M5 before and also have experience driving an F430 (ahem, HRoi) -- how does the acceleration compare between the two? From a stop? From a roll?

gomestar · Aug 2, 2013

i've driven an M3 (i forget the series, i think it was an '04) and an F430.

the comparison, it does not exist.

bawlin · Aug 2, 2013

gomestar said:
i've driven an M3 (i forget the series, i think it was an '04) and an F430.

the comparison, it does not exist.

No **** the comparison doesn't exist...

E46 M3: 333hp inline-6
E60 M5: 500hp V10
F430: 483hp V8

[VIDEO][/VIDEO]

HRoi · Aug 2, 2013

Similar power delivery (pulls strong, very linear, not overpowering torque but screams to a very high redline), the sound makes the acceleration very exciting for both cars. F430 faster and lighter and my seat of the pants could tell the difference

GreenFrog · Aug 2, 2013

HRoi said:
Similar power delivery (pulls strong, very linear, not overpowering torque but screams to a very high redline), the sound makes the acceleration very exciting for both cars. F430 faster and lighter and my seat of the pants could tell the difference

Exactly the comparison I was looking for. Nothing's more accurate than the butt dyno lulz.

Thanks.

Cedric · Aug 2, 2013

the M5 V10 pulls like a train at higher speeds.
Off the line, not so much

A Y said:
They built 399, and then no. 400 was built later and given to the Pope. I'm sure more than 1 has been wrecked already.

pope?
They auctioned it off.
I have a feeling its the one Schumacher owned and recently put up for sale, its got the same orange leather interior with red exterior.
I suspect its the only of with this combination.

A Y · Aug 2, 2013

Cedric said:
pope?
They auctioned it off.

http://www.autoblog.com/2005/12/08/ferrari-donates-proceeds-of-400th-enzo-to-pope/

Ferrari's 400th Enzo, which it originally donated to Pope John Paul II before his death, has been sold by Ferrari at Sotheby's to an unnamed American rich dude for $1.1 million, twice the going rate. The company then gave the money to Pope Benedict XVI for humanitarian relief.

Evidently, Benedict didn't want the Enzo for his personal popemobile, saying that he has enough trouble trying to "drive the church."

GreenFrog · Aug 4, 2013

Lately a lot of E46s have been catching my attention.. not gonna lie, I kinda miss rowing through the gears!

horndog · Aug 9, 2013

GreenFrog, one more post about E46s and you're liable to kill this thread for good. Let's get back on track.

Here's a guy that dropped $20K into his Nissan GTR and after receiving the car months after the build completion, the engine grenades after 40 miles. Improper rod / piston installation, spun bearings, twine used to secure the battery, see the jalopnik link (and the huge thread on GTR life) for more. What a nightmare. Owner is taking the incompetent shop to court.

http://jalopnik.com/owner-says-18k-engine-build-ruined-nissan-gt-r-with-tw-1029580432

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